***SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES SEASON SEVEN***

Ed Sheeran is guest starring on Season Seven of Game of Thrones and the internet is mad about it. Now, it’s hard to say what’s irking fans more: the spoilers about his appearance or the fact that he’s whisper-crooning his way into Westeros in the first place. Sheeran’s recently reached such a zenith in his popularity that it’s now cool to think he’s uncool.

However, it’s not really as big of a deal as fans are making it out to be. It’s not! Let me explain. The singer isn’t the first big music star to pop up on the HBO show. Snow Patrol’s lead singer Gary Lightbody was one of the Bolton men who crooned “The Bear and the Maiden Fair” in Season Three, Sigur Ros played “The Rains of Castamere” at the Purple Wedding, Of Monsters and Men accompanied the Braavosi players last season, and Coldplay’s Will Champion banged a drum at the Red Wedding. Oh, some guys from Mastodon became undead Wilding zombies at the Battle of Hardhome. So, it’s not totally out of order for mega pop star Ed Sheeran to appear (especially since the showrunners wanted to sneak him onset as a surprise for megafan Maisie Williams). In fact, it’s almost tradition at this point.

What is a little odd is that Sheeran is going to get a song and at least one line of dialogue. During a recent interview conducted over beer pong, Sheeran revealed this:

“I just do a scene with Maisie (Williams)…I sing a song and then she goes, ‘Oh, that’s a nice song,’ and I go, ‘It’s a new one.’ And then like, there’s like other lines…”

So, yes, Ed Sheeran gets to sing a full song on Game of Thrones. A new song, too! So, naturally people began to worry that he might be pushing his own pop agenda into the hallowed halls of Game of Thrones. Other fans have been combing through the books trying to find key songs that haven’t been played yet and that would elicit a positive reaction from one revenge-crazed Arya Stark.

However, if it’s a “new song,” it might also be completely new to the world of Westeros. There’s no CNN or twitter in the world of Game of Thrones, so Arya’s been getting updates on her family through hearsay and minstrel shows. It wouldn’t be totally out of line for Sheeran’s song to tell Arya the tale of the Battle of the Bastards. Hearing about how her beloved “half-brother” Jon took back Winterfell from the Boltons would definitely be music to Arya’s ears. She might also love hearing that her sister Sansa was part of the plot. And if this is the subject of the song, it would indeed be a “new song” not just for Sheeran or the show, but for the world of A Song of Ice and Fire. If the showrunners were going to push a wholly original ballad into the universe of the show, wouldn’t it make sense to highlight its intro by enlisting a global megastar to sing it? WOULDN’T IT???

Or, maybe, yes, there is cause for worry and Ed Sheeran will ruin Game of Thrones by playing “Thinking Out Loud” to Arya and Hot Pie. We’ll have to wait until the show returns this summer to find out, but for now, cool your heels, GoT fans.